OPTCGKalgara OP08-098 Deck Guide: Life-Manipulation Yellow in One Piece TCG
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2026-11-07 · data write-up
Numbers as of 2026-11-07: written before snapshots were stored, so its window and n are not recorded. The live metagame is since the 2026-10-12 banlist took effect (2026-10-12 to 2026-11-07), n=855 players in 42 events, and may differ from the figures below.
Overview
Kalgara (OP08-098) is a Yellow leader with 5 life and 5000 power from OP08 (Two Legends). Since the October 12 banlist it has 9 entries among 697 tracked Limitless players with a recorded deck (about 1.3% of the field) and a 62.2% win rate (28W-17L across 45 non-mirror matches), one of the best records among leaders with a meaningful number of entries. Four top-cut lists exist in the window, all from ChinoizeCup events, including a first-place finish at ChinoizeCup #122 (2026-10-13). Tracked list totals run $196 to $206, with the cost concentrated in a handful of 5-cost Yellow cards.
Treat the win rate as a signal, not a verdict: 45 matches from four players is a small sample, and the records below show it.
How the deck works
Kalgara's leader ability: with 1 DON!! attached, when attacking, play a {Shandian Warrior} Character from your hand whose cost is at most the number of DON!! on your field; if you do, add 1 card from the top of your Life to your hand. Every attack therefore turns into a free Character and a life-to-hand swap, so the deck is built around life as a resource instead of a countdown.
The engine pieces appear at full playsets in every tracked list: Kalgara OP15-101 (3c) trashes a card to look at 5 and add up to 2 Mont Blanc Noland or Shandian Warrior cards; Wyper OP08-110 (4c) digs for Upper Yard and plays it; Kalgara OP12-099 (5c) draws a card whenever a Life card is removed during your turn, which the leader triggers every attack. Upper Yard OP05-117, Mont Blanc Noland OP08-109 and The Earth Will Not Lose! OP08-115 fill out the curve.
The top end is Yellow 5-drops. Borsalino EB04-058 is a 6000-power Blocker that adds a card from your deck to Life when you are at 2 or less Life, so the deck can refill life it has spent. Nami EB03-053 gives a rested DON!! to your leader and can take a Life card from an opponent at 3 or more, and Monkey.D.Luffy OP15-119 gains Rush at 6 or more DON!! on your field. Removal comes from Zeus OP11-106 (K.O. a cost-5-or-less Character by adding a Life card to hand) and Kingdom Come EB01-059 (K.O. a Character, then trim Life to 1).
Key cards
| Card | Freq (4 lists) | Market price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borsalino EB04-058 | 4/4 lists, 4 copies | $32.69 | TCGplayerAffiliate link |
| Nami EB03-053 | 4/4 lists, 4 copies | $12.18 | TCGplayerAffiliate link |
| Monkey.D.Luffy OP15-119 | 4/4 lists, avg 1.25 copies | $11.30 | TCGplayerAffiliate link |
| Kingdom Come EB01-059 | 3/4 lists, 1 copy | $6.65 | TCGplayerAffiliate link |
| Zeus OP11-106 | 4/4 lists, avg 2 copies | $3.06 | TCGplayerAffiliate link |
| Kalgara OP12-099 | 4/4 lists, 4 copies | $0.20 | TCGplayerAffiliate link |
| Kalgara OP08-098 (leader) | 4/4 lists, 1 copy | $0.15 | TCGplayerAffiliate link |
Prices: TCGplayer market via TCGCSV, snapshot 2026-11-01. Borsalino, Nami and Luffy OP15-119 are about $56 of the cost between them; the engine commons are under a dollar.
Matchups (tournament records)
| Opponent leader | Record |
|---|---|
| Luffy & Ace ST30-001 | 7-2 |
| Monkey.D.Luffy OP17-079 | 3-0 |
| Donquixote Rosinante OP12-061 | 3-1 |
| Rocks.D.Xebec OP17-039 | 2-4 |
| Enel OP05-098 | 1-2 |
| Monkey.D.Luffy OP13-001 | 0-3 |
Only matches where both players' decks were recorded are counted, so each row is 9 matches or fewer; read them as a first look. The pattern worth testing: Kalgara's life-to-hand engine has done well into Luffy & Ace and OP17-079 and struggled into Xebec and OP13-001. If you pilot it, expect Xebec to be the hard matchup and plan Zeus and Kingdom Come to answer its early board.
Should you play it?
Kalgara is a midrange pick for players who like resource engines and do not mind a $200 list, but the cost is mostly three cards: it is cheaper than it looks once you own the Yellow 5-drops. With only four top-cut lists, the build is not settled: compare the lists on the leader pages before locking 50.
The data behind this post
Matchups: Kalgara OP08-098 (Yellow) against the field, every source
Window Since banlist 10-12, 2026-10-12 to 2026-11-07. Win % of Kalgara OP08-098 (Yellow), W-L and n per source; Tournaments pools in-person and online cups, the ladder is its own column.
| Opponent | Tournaments | In-person | Online cups | Ladder |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Monkey.D.Luffy OP13-001 (Red/Green)OP13 · Red/Green | –n=3 | – | –n=3 | –n=15 |
 Rocks.D.Xebec OP17-039 (Blue)OP17 · Blue | –n=6 | – | –n=6 | –n=7 |
 Kaido OP17-058 (Purple)OP17 · Purple | – | – | – | –n=13 |
 Enel OP05-098 (Yellow)OP05 · Yellow | –n=3 | – | –n=3 | –n=7 |
 Nico Robin EB05-010 (Green/Yellow)EB05 · Green/Yellow | –n=1 | – | –n=1 | –n=9 |
 Luffy & Ace ST30-001 (Red/Green)ST30 · Red/Green | –n=9 | – | –n=9 | – |
 Boa Hancock OP14-041 (Blue/Yellow)OP14 · Blue/Yellow | –n=1 | – | –n=1 | –n=8 |
Decklist with prices: Kalgara OP08-098 (Yellow)
Consensus list built from 4 top-cut lists (each card at its average count). Consensus-list total $218.26 with the leader ($0.14); a separate number from the median top-cut list cost (median top-cut list $209 (cheapest $208, priciest $212, n=4 lists)). TCGplayer market via TCGCSV, cheapest English printing; the table shows each price and the line (qty × each).
| Qty | Card | Price each | Line (×qty) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Borsalino EB04-058 | $33.67 | $134.68 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 4 | Nami EB03-053 | $11.60 | $46.40 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 2 | Monkey.D.Luffy OP15-119 | $9.71 | $19.42 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 1 | Kingdom Come EB01-059 | $6.44 | $6.44 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 2 | Zeus OP11-106 | $2.54 | $5.08 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 4 | Wyper OP15-114 | $0.26 | $1.04 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 3 | Sweet 3 Generals OP17-114 | $0.31 | $0.93 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 4 | Kalgara OP12-099 | $0.17 | $0.68 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 2 | Nami OP15-108 | $0.28 | $0.56 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 4 | Wyper OP08-110 | $0.14 | $0.56 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 3 | Mont Blanc Noland OP08-109 | $0.17 | $0.51 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 4 | Kalgara OP15-101 | $0.12 | $0.48 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 3 | The Earth Will Not Lose! OP08-115 | $0.16 | $0.48 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 4 | Upper Yard OP05-117 | $0.11 | $0.44 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 4 | Wyper OP12-114 | $0.08 | $0.32 | BuyAffiliate link |
| 2 | Kalgara OP08-099 | $0.05 | $0.10 | BuyAffiliate link |
Data used
- Limitless, in-person events: 2026-10-12 to 2026-11-07; n=29 players, 16 events, 43 matches.
- Limitless, online cups: 2026-10-12 to 2026-11-07; n=826 players, 26 events, 1,614 matches.
- optcg.one ranked ladder (WEST): all recorded games to 2026-11-07; n=40,837 games.
- Top-cut lists: 157 lists (Limitless + optcg.gg), since the 2026-10-12 banlist took effect.
- Prices: TCGplayer market via TCGCSV, snapshot 2026-11-07.
Method: shares and win rates are computed in the site build from the sources above; Tournaments = in-person + online cups pooled; the ladder is its own unit and is not pooled. Mirrors excluded; under 20 games a rate is shown as an en dash. The figures in this box are as of 2026-11-07; the text above states the numbers of its own snapshot. All sources and what is blocked.
Every number on this page comes from the tournament results and prices listed on the sources page.